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Where was the location of "The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing".
** The bombing had been committed by four members of the local Ku Klux Klan Chapter.
Birmingham, Alabama
This book was written by MLK as an open letter while he was in prison in 1963.
Letter from Birmingham Jail
She was an American Activist in the civil rights movement and was best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott
Rosa Parks
The screenplay, written by Gregory Allen Howard, is based on the true story of coach Herman Boone, and his attempt to integrate the T. C. Williams High School (now Alexandria City High School) football team in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1971
Remember the Titans
George Washington Carver was born enslaved and went on to become one of the most prominent scientists and inventors of his time, as well as a teacher at the Tuskegee Institute. Carver devised over 100 products using what major crop
Peanuts
The term was used to describe the march from Selma to Montgomery. Marches were to demonstrate the desire for African American citizens to exercise their constitutional right to vote in segregated areas.
Bloody Sunday
This book by Maya Angelou chronicles her life from age 3 through age 16. It captures moments of rape and racism throughout her childhood.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Her character was portrayed in the movie Hidden Figures. She was an American Mathematician. Her calculations were critical to the success of the first U.S crewed spaceflights.
Katherine Johnson
This film won an Oscar for Original Score. Hannah Beachler, who won the Oscar for Best production design for this movie
Black Panther
What product did Madame CJ Walker create that allowed her to become a self-made millionaire.
African American Hair Products
Took place on May 21, 1921, in Oklahoma. African American residents were attacked. Homes and businesses were destroyed. About 10.000 African Americans were left homeless. This location of the event was also known as Black Wall Street
Tulsa Race Massacre
This book by Alice Walker documents the life of Celie as she is lives in rural Georgia. The book is written through the lens of Celie as she narrates her journey and many traumas in letters to her sister.
The Color Purple
Muhammad Ali
2016 American documentary film by director Ava DuVernay. The film explores the "intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the United States;" it is titled after an Amendment to the United States Constitution, adopted in 1865, which abolished slavery throughout the United States and ended involuntary servitude except as a punishment for conviction of a crime.
13th
Lonnie Johnson is a former Air Force and NASA engineer who invented the massively popular toy.
Super Soaker water gun.
At this specific event, MLK delivered his famous speech " I Have A Dream". The purpose of this event was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans.
March on Washington
Beloved
He came to prominence in Chicago as chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party.
Fred Hampton
2016 American biographical romantic drama film which tells the story of Richard and Mildred Loving, the plaintiffs in the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court (the Warren Court) decision Loving v. Virginia, which invalidated state laws prohibiting interracial marriage.
Loving
African American chemist Percy Julian was a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs. Known for his synthesis of this pregnane steroid hormone, which became used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
Cortisone
What was the name of the location that is known today as Central Park in NY? This location existed up until 1857. The African American residents in these areas were ordered to leave and their houses were torn down for the construction of Central Park. This community had 264 residents, three churches, a school, and two cemeteries.
Seneca Village
This book written by James Baldwin tells a story of John Grimes, an intelligent teenager in 1930s Harlem, and his relationship with his family and his church. The title of this book is also the title of a well-known Christmas song.
Go Tell it On the Mountain
The name of the group of African American students who enrolled at a formerly all-white Central High School. This was a test of Brown v. Board of Education that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
National Guards were sent by the governor to block these students from entering the school. Later President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent in federal troops to escort the students into the school
Little Rock Nine
An NAACP lawyer traveling the country defending people of color who are wrongly accused of crimes because of racial prejudice. Upon his return to his New York City office, he is sent to Bridgeport, Connecticut, to defend Joseph Spell, a chauffeur accused of rape by his white employer, Eleanor Strubing, in a case that has gripped the newspapers.
Marshall
Garrett Morgan blazed a trail for African American inventors with his patents, including those for a hair-straightening product, a breathing device, and revamped sewing machine. Another invention created by Morgan was an enhancement of a device that assisted in saving lives. He sold the rights to this specific invention to General Electric for $40,000.
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